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That is indeed a foundational text. If you have the PDF of (specifically referring to Rajni Kothari's seminal essay, often titled Caste and Politics or found as the introduction to his edited volume), you are looking at one of the most important explanations of how democracy transformed India.

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Kothari, Rajni, ed. Caste in Indian Politics . New Delhi: Orient Longman, 1970. (See especially [relevant chapter/page 15]). Rajni Kothari Caste In Indian Politics 15.pdf

Kothari explains a fundamental shift in the nature of caste: